~Memories from the Beginning~

🩸Chapter 58🩸

'We're late...It has already started!' Emma thought as she and Ray ran.

'We have to hurry up while there's still time! We have to find Norman! Maybe we'll run into Y/n too.'

Emma and Ray stopped when they made it to a closed area.

"Blocked again..." Emma said.

"There must be another way. Let's go back." Ray said. "Emma, come!"

"Wait. What about this?" Emma asked as she pointed to an open spot high on the wall.

"It can work!" Ray said. He put his hands together as he stood in a spot in front of the hole.

Emma began running.

'We're coming, Norman. Hang in there, everybody. We're going to stop this war...to stop Norman!'

"Go!" Ray told Emma.

And with that, Emma launched herself up with the help of Ray.

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Demon corpses lay bloodied on the ground.

'This is concerning...Dozza himself was just...' Ivelk thought.

'He was the war chief of House Giran. Lowborn though he may have been, his battle prowess was formidable. Mayhaps second only to her majesty. Yet he fell at a single stroke, with nary a chance to react. Moreover, it wasn't even Giran. Just some servant. That servant is a capable warrior...An Aide-De-Camp. And not the only one. All the 10 something surrounding Giran seem to be some sort of elite force.'

'What a lord...What a house! And yet, something is odd. We assumed that Giran forces were the cattle raiders. But if so, they'd surely have eaten the produce that was stolen from the Lambda series of farms. Yet when they came, their shape was doubtlessly close to the wild. Which means- This attack...and not just this attack, but all the raiding too...were orchestrated by someone else. But who? Such a skillful strategy and execution.'

'Who is it?!'

"Enough." Legravalima said.

'Queen Legravalima had Ivelk back down. I see, I see. Ivelk may well be considered to be the cornerstone of the crown. He was there before the Queen, always the one to administer all practical affairs. Should he die, the Queen herself will be in trouble. Very well. We can deal with him at our leisure...after we take the throne. We can kill the Queen- right here! After he eats her...and those that kid...and perhaps 94194...Lord Giran shall be king! And we'll be the ones to raise him his crown!' One of the demons thought.

"Your head is next. Queen Legravalima!"

"Fools." Legravallima said as she stared at the nearing demons.

In an instant, she killed them before killing other demons with her nails.

'Wha...'

"Do not falter!"

'The chance that was given to us...shall not be wasted!'

~Flashback~

"Lord Giran is to fall into the wild?!"

"Why...?! Why would such a lord, such a clan...!"

"This must be some sort of mistake!"

"He would never rebel...!"

"Impossible! Absurd! This is-"

"You question the Queen's judgment? Imbecile! Mind your tongue. Those who raise their voices to the throne shall meet the same fate and be condemned to fall." A demon said.